A search operation is underway and the area has been cordoned offKBK A search operation was underway and the area has been cordoned off. [Representational Image]IANS
An army soldier and a militant were reportedly killed in the nine-hour-long gunbattle in Rafiabad area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday, 2 September.
The slain militant has been identified as Riyaz Ahmad.
Earlier reports had suggested that two militants, Qayoom Najar and Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo, belonging to the little-known Lashker-e-Islam (LeI) were hiding inside a house in Ladoora village in Rafiabad.
A search operation was underway and the area has been cordoned off.
In August, four Pakistani terrorists had been killed in a similar encounter in Rafiabad. Another militant--Sajad Ahmed--was captured during the gunbattle.
Rafiabad Encounter UPDATE: IED blast by the Army at the residence where the two militants were reportedly hiding. pic.twitter.com/SuWyctG5P0
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